Teaching
Waewdao has taught Thai and Lanna dance courses at UCLA, Chiang Mai University, and Far Eastern College, Chiang Mai. She has conducted workshops and classes in the community as well in Thailand and the USA.
Her highly engaging and accessible teaching style inspires students to discover both the beauty of traditional dance forms as well as the personal and individual voice of contemporary expression.
Contact Waewdao directly for further information on workshops and classes.
NEW! Dance as an Offering
Workshop in Lanna Dance and Movement
In Lanna (Northern Thai) culture, performances and all forms of artmaking are considered a sacred offering to the natural and ancestral spirits. This workshop gives students movement fundamentals of Lanna dance, providing them with the essential skills for personal and image-based dance expression rooted in Lanna visual and performing arts and culture. Traditional hand gestures, dance steps, body image postures, and fluid, graceful movements are combined with contemporary, individualistic performance exercises to express and deepen inner spiritual awareness.
Available as a one-time workshop or ongoing class.
(Above: Teaching a master class at APPEX 2006, UCLA. Photo by Jorge Vismara.)